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Guadaloopy

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  1. It's a pretty wild world we live in where a lower rate of increase in spending is somehow viewed as a "slash" in spending. It's also wild that people can, with a straight face, proclaim that because an unsustainable rate of spending wasn't maintained that there is now a "funding gap."
  2. Where did they "slash spending"?
  3. I wish we could all be honest about how health care is just a hard fucking problem to tackle rather than saying that a particular system is completely broken while another system has got its shit in one sock. Despite general displeasure with the US healthcare system, 71% of Americans are happy with the quality of their personal care. Despite general support of the UK's NHS, only 24% of UK public are satisfied with the care provided by NHS, with 71% saying the number one dissatisfier is wait times for care. The US healthcare system is expensive and by some measures less effective* than other country's systems, but no other country's system comes close to producing the level of consistent investment and advancement in medical innovation/technology seen in the US system. All systems have trade-offs, and anyone telling you otherwise is only trying to win an election. *Poor health outcomes in the US are more attributable to lifestyle choices (diet, transportation, gun culture) than the quality of care provided by the system
  4. You forgot the part where Stanton strains his hammy and is out for 12 weeks.
  5. I will say it again. My favorite thing about this season (other than Texas being set up for a deep playoff run) is the spike in usage of the "since the John Blake era" qualifier when discussing OU football performance.
  6. Yordan is not the type of player who spends his entire career with one team. DHs tend to bounce around a lot towards the end of their careers.
  7. Yep. It’s been at Lincoln, Foxborough, FedEx, etc. Will be in Baltimore next year and then MetLife in ‘26 and back to Philly in ‘27. It has been played in Chicago and once at the Rose Bowl in the past.
  8. Yep... there is a reason why Trent Dilfer, Brad Johnson, and late-stage Peyton Manning have Super Bowl wins as starting QBs.
  9. It's a fun game, but I don't get how people who did not attend either of these academies develop a rooting interest for one side over the other. I did 20+ in the canoe club, and I don't care which side wins.
  10. Oh... I am familiar.
  11. Relaxed is the antithesis of aggy. Instead of a collie, a more appropriate mascot would be a jittery chihuahua that barks and nips impotently at bigger dogs and gets carried around in maroon Dooney & Burke purse by an overweight 45 yr-old woman with a " Proud Aggie Mom" t-shirt.
  12. A point I made several times.
  13. One of my clients is based in Brentwood, TN. Lots of Vol fans. To a man, they are all rooting for Texas tomorrow because they think a UGA loss will let Tennessee jump ahead into a hosting slot. They do NOT want to go to Happy Valley in December. Funny, because all of the talk so far from them this year is the standard "Texas didn't play a real SEC schedule this season." Now they are all on board for Texas to help them out.
  14. Not a creature was stirring…
  15. It's both... so far we've been given a lot of backstory leading up to the events of "The Wizard of Oz" and that will continue for most of part two, so that is all prequel. Towards the end of part two, we will get a story concurrent with the events of TWOZ from a different perspective. There are years and years between the end of part one and TWOZ.
  16. Yeah... yeah, quoted myself but it was too late to edit my spoiler above.
  17. The second half of the live musical has always felt rushed to me. I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it with more time.
  18. Been watching a lot of this guy lately. He has a gift for explaining physics in a very approachable and intuitive way. He also does it with joy and fascination which is very engaging.
  19. If Memphis had a facility, it would be a good choice. And it's a bit shocking (not really) to see the dearth of actual civilization in Mississippi. I actually lived in Ocean Springs for a couple of years and didn't really get a sense of it due to proximity to New Orleans.
  20. Wicked was the first musical I ever saw on Broadway and pretty much set the tone for my expectations of Broadway productions. Have seen it live in two other cities since. It’s my favorite musical. I was a little concerned that they would try to get too cute with it and overdo the effects with the Hollywood version. I thought it was just about perfect. The little bit of connective tissue they added to the story worked well. I thought all of the performances were great even if Goldblum’s absent-minded weirdo schtick is a bit played out.
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